Baby girl due in December!

My husband and I are expecting our fourth child together, a baby girl. We both want a name that means something special to us. We weren’t planning on having a fourth, but we are so blessed to be. We both want a name that honors that she is a gift to us, and I haven’t found the perfect name for her yet. We’ve even talked about having a winter-y name because she’ll be born in [name]December[/name], but we’re just waiting for the right name to come to us! Our three other children’s names are [name]Annalise[/name] [name]Claire[/name], [name]Mason[/name] [name]Christopher[/name], and Lilevi [name]Celia[/name] (who we call ‘[name]Lilou[/name]’). Any help would be appreciated!

Personally, I love, love, love the name [name]Noelle[/name] and it’s perfect for a [name]December[/name] baby.
But some other suggestions are:
[name]Eliora[/name] - The [name]Lord[/name] is my light
[name]Neve[/name] - [name]Snow[/name]
[name]Natalia[/name]/[name]Nathalie[/name] - Birthday/[name]Christmas[/name]
[name]Evangeline[/name]- Like an angel
[name]Amelia[/name] - Work of the [name]Lord[/name]
[name]Eliana[/name] - God has answered

I like [name]Noelle[/name] :slight_smile:

[name]Noelle[/name] as a first name or [name]Noel[/name] as a middle name?!

I love [name]Natalia[/name].

A sister for [name]Annalise[/name], [name]Mason[/name] and Lilevi, born at Christmastime, and an unexpected blessing…

[name]Evangeline[/name] (good news)
[name]Theodora[/name] (gift of god)
[name]Lucia[/name] (light, a saint whose feast day is in [name]December[/name])
[name]Natalia[/name] (celebrating the birth of the [name]Lord[/name])
[name]Renata[/name] (reborn)
[name]Darina[/name] (“gift”) in many Slavic languages)
[name]Ariadne[/name] (“most holy”, in honor of God who created her)
[name]Eliana[/name] (“God has answered”)
[name]Thekla[/name] (“glory of God,” a major saint in the Eastern Church)
[name]Adele[/name] (“noble”, feast day is Dec 24)
Anysia (feast day is Dec 30)
Aldora (“winged gift”)
Callidora (" beautiful gift; gift of beauty")

I one met a winter baby girl called Neus, its Catalan and means snow pronounced Neyus.

[name]How[/name] about [name]Nixie[/name]? It’s a [name]German[/name] name meaning snowy, so you’ll have two French and two [name]German[/name] names as well as a winter theme. I personally think it’s adorable.

I actually really like that! [name]Do[/name] you have any ideas of what it could possibly be short for? I think I’d like it more as a nickname to something!

I love [name]Lucia[/name], [name]Natalia[/name], and [name]Eliana[/name]! I’ll have to check with my husband on those three!

My suggestion would be [name]Juliet[/name]! [name]Love[/name] your other names.

Savron, Avonlea, Swansea, Arolyn, [name]Sonnet[/name], Miele, [name]Astrid[/name], Sepia, [name]Sutton[/name], [name]Maisie[/name], [name]Moxie[/name], [name]Pippa[/name], [name]Vespa[/name], [name]Theadora[/name] ([name]Thea[/name]), Margeaux, [name]Celeste[/name], [name]Claudia[/name], [name]Flannery[/name], [name]Agatha[/name], Marquessa, [name]Arden[/name], [name]Gemma[/name], Tibra, [name]Andra[/name], [name]Nora[/name], Nielsyn, [name]Vienna[/name], Violyn, [name]Heidi[/name], Astyn, [name]Hendrika[/name] (Henri), [name]Helene[/name], [name]Petra[/name], Roscha, [name]Babette[/name] ([name]Bebe[/name]), [name]Birdie[/name], [name]Rosamunde[/name], Daveny, [name]Dahlia[/name], [name]Marta[/name], [name]Josephina[/name] ([name]Josie[/name]), [name]Joan[/name], [name]Mireille[/name], [name]Dianne[/name], [name]Clarisse[/name], Crissany, [name]Camelia[/name], [name]Cornelia[/name], Kaleida, Gretzia, [name]Gazelle[/name], [name]Sigourney[/name], Savigny, Scottie, [name]Stina[/name]

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glad to have helped. They’re lovely names, if you end up selecting one of them. [name]Lucia[/name] has the bonus of three separate legitimate pronunciations, depending on the language of origin: Loo-sha, Loo-see-ah, and Loo-chi-ah.

I feel like I should point out though that [name]Nixie[/name] dosn’t mean snowy and I sorta doubt it’s ever used as a name. A nixie is type of shape-shifting water spirit out of Germanic mythology, and it comes from a proto-Germanic word meaning wash. The [name]German[/name] word for snowy is verschneit, snow is Schnee.

Some names that do mean snow are:
[name]Eira[/name] (Welsh)
Eirlys (snowdrop in Welsh)
Eirwen or [name]Gwyneira[/name] (both mean white snow in Welsh, just in different orders)
Endzela (snowdrop in Georgian)
Lumi (Finnish)

Verschneit! What a beautiful name! :slight_smile:

I have heard the name Nixmary before. Maybe that could work. Or even [name]Annika[/name], but with your daughter that might not work? [name]Nina[/name] could be [name]Nixie[/name] perhaps?

[name]Theodora[/name] [name]Noelle[/name] is also lovely.

Nixzmary was a child beaten and starved to death in [name]Brooklyn[/name] a few years back. [name]One[/name] of the worst cases of child abuse on record.

That is where I heard it. Very sad story. Very pretty name.

I think [name]Lucia[/name], [name]Natalia[/name], or [name]Eliana[/name] fit in quite well with your sibset. For [name]Nixie[/name], what about using it as a nn for [name]Nicolette[/name] or [name]Nicola[/name]? You could probably even use it as a nn for [name]Natalia[/name] or maybe even [name]Lucienne[/name]?

I like Lumi - Finnish for snow :slight_smile: